Category: Mediterranean 2016

After disembarking from the ship we had a great drive to Rome and then we took a hop- on-hop-off bus to get a bit of an overview of the sights. We were on the bus for a couple of hours but I’ve only posted a couple of pics as we…

Elba is the island where Napoleon was sent to in exile. He was made King of Elba but only stayed 9 months, then he escaped.  We stopped at Portoferraio and it is just beautiful!  Could very easily go back here. This is just a sample of the views we had…

In the harbour at Messina. We decided to visit Mt Etna,  the largest active volcano in Europe. After about a half hour in the bus we could see it in the distance – that bump on the top of the hill on the left side. The countryside here is just…

Out second visit to Corfu was great – we spent the day out exploring the city and the visiting the two main forts. This is the ‘old fort’… We made our way through the streets towards to the fort … till we reached the steps… beautiful views over the city…

We stopped again at Kotor. Went out on the water for a trip to a very small little island we passed on the way in. Lots of boats out as the weather was perfect. On the left is the tiny island with a church and the island on the right…